There's added incentive, playing SC, with so many past schoolmates and teammates playing for them. It will be fun to play against them. |
They changed their lineup, but that's not a problem as long as we take care of the ball on our side. They came out tough and played hard. We played harder. |
Today was bittersweet, without a doubt. I'd much rather have a win than first-team anything. |
We definitely didn't make a very good emotional investment. We didn't put ourselves on the line like we usually do. We thought we could walk through this one, and obviously we couldn't. |
We got caught in a few mental errors. We were a little anxious after a long, restful weekend. We can improve on that, as well as working harder on our serves. |
We got going there at the end of the first game and started cutting down on our errors. Then our control of the pace of the game really showed in the second and third games. |
We had no film (of the Ramblers) and no scouting report. We're fortunate to squeak out one. |
We really came out and focused on our serving and took them out of their game right away. |
We tried to keep them guessing. With these back-to-back matches, the scouting can be so right on sometimes. They almost know where I'm going to set before I do. I took the liberty of scouting myself and changing my game. Not so much to the point where my offense was different, but to where my situational thinking was different. A hitter has to make the right shots, and I have to make the right decisions. |
We wanted to send a message that we could do the same thing to them that they did to us. We did not want it to go four. This is a very big win for us. Irvine is a very, very good team and they crushed us Wednesday. |
We were controlling the ball really well. That enabled me to get so many opportunities to my hitters. When we have ball control like that, I can go anywhere, and it makes it tough for the opposing team. They have to worry about five guys hitting at all times. |
We were going off based on what we knew (from the summer) and grapevine stuff. We had to make in-game adjustments. |
When you can pass, the rest falls into place. |
When you have friends on the other side, you get more fired up for the games. There's no problem in feeding a guy who has that little extra in him. |